“Law enforcement is really a team sport. So if the crime is dropping, everyone deserves credit,” Fallon said. “They’re taking more of an active role in letting us know where the problems are.”

Fallon said improved technology and community relations are a big part of the decline in homicides.

“Surveillance cameras all over that we can use when we do have a crime. We could seize computers, phones and even the social media now is providing us a lot of information about suspects,” Fallon told Xirinachs.